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Albert Riera has been charged by the FA with improper conduct
Brian
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(From the Watford Observer)
Albert Riera has been charged by the FA with improper conduct during Watford's 3-1 defeat at Charlton on Tuesday evening. The Spaniard was dismissed in the 81st minute after collecting two bookings and it is alleged his behaviour following the incident amounts to improper conduct. In being sent off at The Valley, Riera became the sixth Hornet to see red in Beppe Sannino's 28 games in charge this season. Riera has until 6pm on May 6 to respond to the charge.
Not surprised, he really played up. Hope he gets a further ban. Not surprising they have had six reds, cynical fouling team. Not very likable.
Albert Riera has been charged by the FA with improper conduct during Watford's 3-1 defeat at Charlton on Tuesday evening. The Spaniard was dismissed in the 81st minute after collecting two bookings and it is alleged his behaviour following the incident amounts to improper conduct. In being sent off at The Valley, Riera became the sixth Hornet to see red in Beppe Sannino's 28 games in charge this season. Riera has until 6pm on May 6 to respond to the charge.
Not surprised, he really played up. Hope he gets a further ban. Not surprising they have had six reds, cynical fouling team. Not very likable.
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Not surprised at all, what an incredibly stupid thing to do. Is shouting at and abusing the ref going to make him say 'Sorry, I was wrong, how such a temperate and collected gentleman as yourself ever commit a foul? I will take back the red right away.'?4
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I said to TelMc32 at the time that the ref should have given him another red card for refusing to leave the field.4
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I was surprised he didn't get an additional straight red as well.guinnessaddick said:I said to TelMc32 at the time that the should have given him another red card for refusing to leave the field.
Johnnie Jackson's d8ckhead cousin :-0
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Sorry I said this elsewhere but I wonder how a ban would work?
He is only on loan from Udinese and due back there next season so would the ban still count...
Don't think even the most bias and ardent Hornet could argue with this ruling....0 -
I expect he would be fined on top of whatever punishment for the initial sending off, though don't quote me on that!0
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You'd be surprised. One I spoke to after the game was adamant Poyet dived.Super_horns said:Sorry I said this elsewhere but I wonder how a ban would work?
He is only on loan from Udinese and due back there next season so would the ban still count...
Don't think even the most bias and ardent Hornet could argue with this ruling....0 -
Sadly I took a look at a Watford forum after the game and there was someone on there complaining that we basically got Riera sent off by play acting etc. Seems there are indeed some people more delusional even than a Sheffield Wednesday fan!Super_horns said:Sorry I said this elsewhere but I wonder how a ban would work?
He is only on loan from Udinese and due back there next season so would the ban still count...
Don't think even the most bias and ardent Hornet could argue with this ruling....
Riera was frankly lucky to still be on the pitch to receive his second yellow as there were several other incidents before that which could easily have seen yellow cards. His behavior after the card was in itself worthy of a red card. He wasn't far off assaulting the ref and even if he didn't physically strike him it was still extremely intimidating. Not to mention picking Poyet up off the ground by the shirt/hair!
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Was he the player that kicked the free kick straight into Wilson ?0
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Riera deserved sending off for taking out Wilson deliberately.
Personally I am not sure if he made any contact with Poyet at all (and I had a very good view). But he definitely deserved to be off the field.0 -
TBH I am not sure we can complain too much about players play acting anyway but we're all bias aren't we at times and generally players ought to be punished more for such dissent.
Might clean up the game a bit and lead to more respect?2 -
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Who was it elbowed Wilson in the face?0
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Riera... He took Wilson out when he broke in the second half and if you watch the CAFCPlayer Highlights just prior to one of our chances (possibly our first goal) you see Riera take Wilson out by the West Stand so he should have been long gone for two off the ball altercationsharveys gardener said:Who was it elbowed Wilson in the face?
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Also elbowed Cousins in the second half but went completely unnoticed and all fairness Jordan didn't make anything of it.0
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The number 5 got booked for elbowing Wilson in the first half, Riera was number 15.0
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I think all of these comments on people having to take out Wilson/elbow him etc is testament to how much trouble he is playing right mid.2
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Didn't realise he's the bloke that played for Liverpool & Man City, blimey he's come down a bit.0
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Regardless of why he was sent off, his behaviour once he was was appalling.0
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I think Poyet did, er, make the most of it, rolling around as he did.
But the guy was a walking red card for the previous 15 minutes, booting the ball at Wilson, barging him off the ball, a bad foul on Wilson after he'd been yellowed.
Anyone else think the yellow card was given for the incident the ref missed? :-D0 -
Foreveraddicted, yes you are correct. When I got in the other night after the game I record our highlights and sure enough I saw that as well and couldn't believe it when I saw it. The guy should have 6 yellow cards and 2 reds.0
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I see that Greg Halford has been given a three match ban for striking Kermo off the ball during Forest's defeat to Bournemouth on Saturday.
Was it Halford who Kermogant kicked out at when he got sent off at the Valley last season?2 -
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Yupsirjohnhumphrey said:I see that Greg Halford has been given a three match ban for striking Kermo off the ball during Forest's defeat to Bournemouth on Saturday.
Was it Halford who Kermogant kicked out at when he got sent off at the Valley last season?0 -
Could have been booked about 4 times, but I can't condone the way Poyet rolled around on the floor. Not entirely sure there was any contact, and if there was he didn't need attention from the physio so fair to assume it probably wasn't that bad. No sympathy for Riera but I don't really want to see those kind of antics from any Charlton player.0
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Riera was at it all night....Halford deserves a red for being Halford.4
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I said in my post match comments that I thought Riera was going to chin the ref in the moments before he finally walked. He was giving the verbals, and trying to stand chest to chest with the ref to physically tower over him. To his credit, the ref didn't back off, but he did step back enough, half a pace or so, and continued to be assertive to Riera.
Riera was clearly continuing on in a belligerent fashion after the decision, after the red card. To me it looked well out of order, OK the ref is only the ref with an ordinary house and car, not an ex premier league 'star', but if that is what Riera thought gave him precedent on the pitch then he is a disrespectful unsporting dickhead has been.
Agree with the above that Riera was at it all night, if he can play football, then he should've played football, not having the attitude that getting on with the game was beneath him. I don't know what Riera is like generally, but my total respect is with the referee for reminding him that all are equal on the pitch, and subject to the same rules.0 -
Don't worry, he won't be a Charlton player for much longer....Exiled_Addick said:Could have been booked about 4 times, but I can't condone the way Poyet rolled around on the floor. Not entirely sure there was any contact, and if there was he didn't need attention from the physio so fair to assume it probably wasn't that bad. No sympathy for Riera but I don't really want to see those kind of antics from any Charlton player.
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Apart from Di Canio's "push" I thought Riera's behaviour was one of the worst I've seen from a player to a ref & at one point thought he was going to chin him. As per an earlier post I thought the ref was going to show him another red (if you can do such a thing) just to make sure he'd got the message0
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I felt a number of their players lost it in a game that meant little to them. A shocking indictment of the club. If they serious about doing something then they should discipline several of them. I was pleased the Italian Tom Daley, Forestieri wasn't playing, he'd have tried to win another pen no doubt. Their antics conspired to make the win even sweeter.0
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I think the ref warned both him and Wilson and then he fouled Wilson soon after and he got what would otherwise have been a harsh booking I thought. Had Wilson fouled him, he would have been booked too to be fair. Then the high boot was technically a booking, but I must admit I am not a fan of a player going off for that. My belief is that if a player is going off for a second booking, the ref should be able to make a judgement on whether the punishment fits the crime - but to be fair to officials - they are not allowed to do that.
But, I suppose that is pretty irrelevant as what swayed the ref was that he was fed up with his behaviour and a player with a little common sense would have been more careful. He seemed to be looking for trouble! And it was stupid - in what was a meaningless end of season game for them, to not walk straight off the pitch.0 -
Wasn't there a Scottish player a few years who drew three reds, two of them for persistent afters off the pitch. He got a hefty ban. IIRC he was previously of good character - something must just have snapped.
As for DP, I dislike playacting but in his defence he didn't fabricate a situation - he just made the utmost of what the imbecile brought fair and square upon himself. Strange that the manager didn't sub the guy as it was obvious what was looming.
The ref certainly stood his ground in the face of extreme intimidation - it was a very unpleasant incident.1
